MORPC seeks feedback on Intel transportation planning around New Albany

Gary Seman Jr., ThisWeek
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The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has amended its 2020-2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan to include planned state and local investments in infrastructure improvements that would support the future Intel site in New Albany.

MORPC has made available for review and comment a proposed amendment to the 2020-2050 MTP.

The plan was adopted in May 2020, became effective July 1, 2020, and was amended previously in September 2021, according to a July 18 news release from MORPC.

Specifically, the amendment extends the limits and adjusts the expected construction timeframe of one freeway project already included in the MTP, the release said.

It also identifies nine new roadway projects in and around New Albany, according to MORPC.

Those changes are all consistent with the expected investments from the state and the city of New Albany to support the development of the Intel site, the release stated.

Road construction is shown at Jug Street and Harrison Road in the area where Intel will be built in Jersey Township. The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has amended its 2020-2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan to include planned state and local investments in infrastructure improvements that will support the future Intel site.
Road construction is shown at Jug Street and Harrison Road in the area where Intel will be built in Jersey Township. The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has amended its 2020-2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan to include planned state and local investments in infrastructure improvements that will support the future Intel site.

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"Intel’s investment in Ohio has the potential to be the largest economic-development project in our state’s history," said Scott McAfee, New Albany's chief communications and marketing officer.

"That investment and the thousands of jobs Intel will create, as well as the ancillary jobs that follow, is crucial to our region, and road projects around the site are a key to providing easy access to those jobs,” McAfee said.

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Residents are encouraged to comment on the proposed amendment at morpc.org/mtp2050. Comments may be submitted by email to mtp@morpc.org or in writing to MORPC, 111 Liberty St., Suite 100, Columbus, Attn: Maria Schaper, by 5 p.m. Aug. 15.

“Projects utilizing federal transportation funding and significantly impacting the regional transportation network are required be included in the Metropolitan Transportation Plan,” Nick Gill, MORPC transportation director, said in the release. “These projects will support the transformative economic development activity Intel is bringing to the region.”

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